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Old 09-27-2021, 03:42 PM   #146
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Originally Posted by Renate View Post
Well, if you've ever read a book on a Palm Pilot (I have) most any eReader today will be quite a few steps up. Still, that's no excuse why most a lot of the current crop has 10 year old performance. Single core iMX6Solo? Barf. Still, the folks at Google are doing their best* to tamp down performance on your shiny new octo core eReader.

* I don't mean intentionally. It's just that the flood of bells, whistles and gratuitous animations takes its toll.
Agreed. the first book I read as an eBook was Jeremy Davis's excellent Missing; Presumed Undead. I met the author once on Reddit and begged him to continue the series. (A Whodunnit mystery told from the point of view of a sentient sword-- trapped in the body of a letter opener-- attached to a film noir-style detective who just happens to be a minotaur. Seriously. Go read it.) I read it on a Handspring Visor (A cheaper version of a Palm Pilot.)

I don't mind the ability to add page animations and make it look like more of a book, but I don't think most eReaders need most of the stuff they have.

Although, as I've said before, I'm not you, so if you want every page turn to have a different animation, you do you!
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